Editing Device for Audio Signal Processing Configuration Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audio signal processing devices require constant connection to an editing device for configuration changes, limiting their ability to share edited configurations across multiple models and causing inefficiencies in signal processing setup and execution.
Innovation Solution
An editing device and audio signal processing device with a programmable signal processor that allows for the generation and sharing of configuration data across multiple models, including a selection mechanism for audio signal processing devices and a compilation process to assign resources for signal processing components and wires, enabling efficient data sharing and rapid signal processing initiation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the editing device constantly connects to the mixer engine for configuration changes, then the signal processing setup can be controlled in real-time, but the ability to share configurations across multiple models and the independence of the mixer engine are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the configuration data into two parts: first configuration data (basic signal processing configuration) and second configuration data (resource assignment data). This segmentation allows the first configuration data to be shared across multiple mixer engine models while the second configuration data is generated locally by each model based on its specific hardware resources, thus enabling both configuration sharing and model adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the model-specific resource assignment data from the overall configuration data. The editing device generates only the first configuration data without model-specific resource assignments, and each mixer engine model generates its own second configuration data by matching the first configuration data with its available resources, thereby enabling independent operation and configuration sharing
2Reliability
If the configuration data includes model-specific resource assignment data, then the signal processing can be executed accurately on specific models, but the data cannot be shared across multiple models
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides configuration data into model-independent first configuration data and model-specific second configuration data. The first configuration data contains the signal processing topology and can be shared across models, while the second configuration data contains resource assignments specific to each model, ensuring both shareability and execution accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by making different parts of the configuration data have different levels of specificity. The first configuration data is generic and applicable to multiple models, while the second configuration data is customized for each specific model's hardware resources, allowing each model to execute the configuration accurately according to its local characteristics
3Loss of time
If the mixer engine reads and processes configuration data locally without constant connection to the editing device, then the setup time is reduced and independence is improved, but the ability to generate model-specific assignments from shared data requires additional processing capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by having the editing device prepare the first configuration data in advance with a structure that accommodates multiple models. The mixer engine then only needs to perform the preliminary matching of this pre-prepared data with its own resources, significantly reducing the setup time compared to generating complete configuration data from scratch
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables self-service by allowing each mixer engine model to independently generate its own second configuration data by matching the first configuration data with its available resources. This self-service capability eliminates the need for constant connection to the editing device while maintaining configuration accuracy
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AI summary
An editing device that edits a configuration of signal processing to be performed in a mixer engine having a programmable signal processor stores, for each of a plurality of mixer engines, resource data indicating a signal processing resource of a DSP of the mixer engine, accepts a selection of mixer engine which executes signal processing based on the edited configuration, assigns a resource of the DSP to a component and wire in the signal processing to be executed in accordance with the resource data of the mixer engine, with respect to each of all the selected mixer engines, and adds data indicating that the assignment is performed in accordance with the resource data of which model and data indicating an assignment result regarding each model to data indicating the configuration of signal processing.